Emperor Taizu of Later Liang,personal name Zhu Quanzhong (852–912), né Zhu Wen, name later changed to Zhu Huang, nickname Zhu San (literally, "the third Zhu"), is a Jiedushi (military governor) at the end of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who previously served as a general under the rebel Huang Chao's state of Qi and overthrows Tang in 907, establishes the Later Liang Dynasty as its emperor, and ushers in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Zhu wis able to conquer much of central China, but most of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei remain outside his reach, controlled by rival states Qi, Jin, and Yan respectively.
Most of his later campaigns are directed at the Shatuo-ruled Jin state (later to become the Later Tang) based in Shaanxi, but they mostly end in failure due to the resourcefulness of the Jin leaders, first under Li Keyong and then later under his son, Li Cunxu.
Due to his emphasis on unifying the north Taizu is not able to make any inroads into the south, which come to be controlled by about a dozen different states over the next few decades during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
The rulers in the south largely are nominally submissive to him with the exception of major states Wu and Former Shu.
Emperor Taizu's reign lasts until 912 when he is killed by his son Zhu Yougui.
Zhu Yougui is subsequently overthrown by his brother Zhu Youzhen the next year.
